After Sony Pictures decided to cancel the release of “The Interview” to movie theaters nationwide, a local cinema is lamenting that decision.

The FBI is blaming North Korea for a massive cyber-attack against Sony Pictures last month. The communist country allegedly hacked the Hollywood production company in retaliation for its yet-unreleased comedic satire, “The Interview.”

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Taylor Cook, an assistant general manager at Chunky's Cinema in Nashua, New Hampshire, says his theater was going to premiere the movie on Christmas Day.

“Sony originally told us we had a choice to take the movie down. But then a couple of days later, they said they were going to pull it,” Cook said.

The Sony-produced movie lampoons the North Korean government and depicts an assassination attempt on the country’s reclusive dictator, Kim Jong Un. Sony says the hackers behind the cyberattack threatened violence against movie theaters that showed “The Interview.”

Michael Lynton, chief executive officer of Sony Pictures, says he had to cancel distribution to protect both movie-goers and the company’s financial interests.

“The movie theaters came to us one by one over a very short period of time, we were completely surprised by it, and announced they would not carry the movie,” Lynton said.

But Cook says Chunky’s was planning on showing the film and counting on the revenue it would bring on Christmas Day.

“We were expecting to do 600 to 700 people. Now without this movie we will probably do 400,” Cook said.

In his year-end address to the press on Friday, President Barack Obama called Sony’s decision to shelf the satire “a mistake.”

But Lynton says Sony is not backing down and is considering other ways to get the movie out to the public.

“We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down,” Lynton said.

The hackers allegedly sent a new message to Sony Pictures on Friday, threatening significant harm if “The Interview” is ever released in any form. Lynton says there are a number of options being considered to release the film, but challenges still exist.

“There has not been one major video on-demand distributor or e-commerce site that has stepped forward and said they are willing to distribute this movie for us,” Lynton said.

For Chunky’s staff, not being able to show “The Interview” could not only compromise ticket sales during the holidays, but also disappoint movie goers.

“It’s upsetting because it's a missed opportunity, not just for the money but for staff morale too. We were going to have a Christmas party and we were all going to watch it. That kind of thing,” Cook said.